The Washington critic., 1887-11-26
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.


The winning horses at Clifton yesterday
were Spring Eagle, Roserc, Ida West, Glen
don and Wayward.
The hearing of the petition OF Florence N
Wilson for divorce from Doc Levi Wilson
was begun In Providence, H. l., yesterday.
John Manderson, father OF United States
Senator Charles +. Manderson Of Nebraska,
died In Philadelphia last night, aged 81
years.
Colonel LOTUS Tottenham, NJ. p, OF Eng.
land, is very Ill In New York OF malarial
fever, contracted during his recent trip
through the West.
Susan White and Susan Carmedy, French
girls, were run over and killed while walk
Ing on the railroad track at Fltchburg,
Mase., Wednesday night.
Emanuel Schwab, surviving partner OF the
firm Of Schwab & Son, wholesale dealers In
laces, New York, made an assignment yes
terday. Liabilities, 100000.
Nearly a hundred artists met at the Ma
,ional Academy OF Design, New York, last
night, and decided to have an exhibition OF
American art at the international exhibit
tion at Munich next year.
The business failures throughout the
country during the last seven days number
for the United States 1877 and for Canada 20,
or q total OF 207, as compared with 22i last
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William Hart, aged 35 years, died In Phil
adelpbia yesterday from the effects OF a
stab wound said to have been inflicted
Thursday night by Neil Walters, 81 years OF
age. The men had been drinking and quar-
relied.
A heated journal caused an explosion of
duet In the large Touring mill Of T. Ault e
Son, at Bellaire, Ohio, Thursday, aud the
mill was nearly destroyed, with all the
maahtnprv- urain aHI flnnr Gl !. u(lu'
partly insured.
The Augusta (Ga.) National Exposition
Company organized last night, with a capt.
tai of $4,000, and with the privilege of
raising It to S500,0C0. The purpose OF the
organization ia to ht liza grand exposition
at Augusta In lssS.
Mrs. Margaret Kidder of Chicago, who
became insane after taking the treatment
prescribed by Mrs. Anna johnson, a faith
healer, was sent to an asylum yesterday.
| County Physician Meyer said that there
were grounds for the prosecution Of Mrs.
| johnson.
An incendiary fire, the fifth In a week,
| broke out In Ross livery stable, In Belaire,
Ohio, Thursday. The Disciples Church, q.
and p. Depot and b. and o. round-house
| have been set on fire during the past week,
and panic has been created by the activity
| OF the incendiaries.
Inc county DeHlOcThts uttetuUleu III
| Cooper Union, New York, last night, to re-
| jolce over the result Of the late election
throughout the State. Resolutions OF con.
| graduation to the Democracy at large, and
to President Cleveland, Governor Hill and
Mayor Hewitt in particular were adopted,
The labor troubles in the Buffalo ship
| yards are likely soon to widen into national
| prominence. A meeting Of all the prominent
dry dock companies along the lakes Is called
| fp, OGth tpaf f,,r apI
1t is presumed that the object Of the Cleve
land meeting is to initiate general suspen
sion Of business among all the companies
until the question is settled OF employing
union labor only.
DR.. Cyrus Edison startled the Board oi
Health In New York yesterday by the re
port that the rules Of the board In regard tt
vaccination of children In public schools
had been Systematically violated. He salt
It is common practice for parents to II,
about the matter to get their children In th,
schools without vaccination.